M INDEX m:::: 



Vegetation, of mesquite wilderness, fll. 

 of Rio Santiago, 95, 96. 

 semi-tropical, 130. 

 of tropical swamp, 324. 

 of tropics, 2G9, 270. 

 warfare and struggles of, 

 308-313. 

 Vera Cruz, 16-19. 

 Verbenas, Ground, 4S. 

 Vine, Trnmpet-Trap. See Birthwort. 

 blossoms of, parasitic, 313, 314. 

 Vireo, Black-cap, 298, 394. 

 Cassin, 393. 



Yellow-bellied, 154, 394. 

 Volcano, of Colima. See Colima. 

 Vueltran, Barranca of, 170, 357. 

 Vultures, 4, 16, 86, 159, 160,212, 225, 

 226 292. 

 attacking Iguana, 214. 

 Black, 25, 88, 213, 384. 

 flight of, 88-90. 

 gatbering for a feast, 212- 



214. 

 Turkey, 7, 01, 88, 213, 385. 



Warblers, 288. 



Audiibon, 60, 61, 154, 250, 



394. 

 Black and White, 303, 394. 

 Black-throated Gray, 202, 



394. 

 DugJss, 195, 395. 

 Hooded, 6. 

 Lutescent, 52, 394. 

 Myrtle, 8. 



Nashville, 298, 394. 

 Pileolated, 100, 202, 247, 



394. 

 Scarlet Ground. See Du 



Bus Red-breasted Chat. 



Warblers, Townsend, 298, 394. 



Virginia cyr Rocky Moun- 

 tain, 154, 155, 394. 

 Yellow, 394. 

 Yellow Palm, 8. 

 Wasps, 165, 243. 



mud, 207, 209. 

 nests of, 101, 236, 237. 

 spider-killing, 165-167. 

 Water-boatmen, 207. 

 AA^ater-cress, 103. 

 Water-spouts, 10, 11. 

 AVater-thrush, Louisiana, 315. 

 Whip-poor-will, Mexican, 218, 388. 



Ridgway, 216-218, 

 224, 388. 

 Whirlwinds, 59, 60, 86. 

 Widgeon, 104, 382. 



AVood-hewer, Swainson, 322-324, 388. 

 AA^oodpeckers, 230, 315. 



Elegant, 146-148, 387. 

 Gila, 387. 



Guatemalan, 286, 387. 

 Imperial, 286. 

 Mexican Pileated, 206. 



387. 

 Sinaloa Ladder-back, 

 247, 387. 

 AA'ren, Mexican Cactus, 95, 395. 



Mexican Canyon, 62, 140-142, 

 149. 161, 162, 215, 221, 255, 

 263, 395, 

 Oak Forest, 305, 395. 

 Sinaloa, 101, 395. 



Yaguarondi, 326, 327, 330, 397. 

 Yellow-legs, 118, 384. 



Greater, 118, 384. 

 Yodel of Mexican hunters, 197. 

 Yucatan, 11, 12. 



